My DIY - I call it the "V-Baton"

[Colquhoun]

V-Baton...or something like that...

What prompted this was that I wanted was a trigger that someone could grab and use to play along with me on drums. Great for use by a singer that wants to play a cowbell or tambourine.
After not being able to get my hands on a Hart Hammer, I figured I'd give DIY a try. Put this thing together not thinking it would work very well, but about 20 minutes of work and it was done...and worked perfectly.
So excited, I figured I'd make a video about the process, with a demo as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wApYgpp7Eo0

Thanks to all you DIY'ers that have contributed here....made the process a breeze.

[Oz DrumR]

V-brator!

I'm liking it!......lots!

[Charly]

That is REALLY nice....

[bogiesbad]

Very cool...I have to make one so my 1 year old grandaughter can jam along

[Michael Render]

Don't try to get that through customs. It looks like a pipe bomb!
Good work though.

[Colquhoun]

Don't try to get that through customs. It looks like a pipe bomb!
Good work though.

I thought the same thing as soon as I finished it.

But that soon gave way to the worry that it looked too much like something....*ahem*....else.
But as Freud said, "Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe."

[eric_B]

Hey, that's a great idea Colquhoun, very nice! Must try that on a rainy day!

To a small comment: the video and sound aren't synchronised perfectly, which makes the demonstration a little less credible, but I believe you when you say it works great.

[Colquhoun]

To a small comment: the video and sound aren't synchronised perfectly, which makes the demonstration a little less credible, but I believe you when you say it works great.

Just fixed it and replaced the vid. Thanks!

[BarT]

Nice video. I've used a Pintech Dingbat in a similar handheld fashion for hand claps, cowbell, tambourine etc. Your V-Baton should be ideal for a singer's occasional percussion parts.

Bruce

[saku]

Don't try to get that through customs. It looks like a pipe bomb!
Good work though.

Through customs!? Sheesh, get anywheres NEAR an airport with that and you'll be drumming in the local lock-up...but it looks like fun - and simple enough for a vocalist!

good work, C.!

[uglybassplayer]

Through customs!? Sheesh, get anywheres NEAR an airport with that and you'll be drumming in the local lock-up...but it looks like fun - and simple enough for a vocalist

Airport nothing... having that on your person while in the local lock-up... now that opens up a whole new door to fun

[saku]

Airport nothing... having that on your person while in the local lock-up... now that opens up a whole new door to fun

lol...........

[D!z]

Very cool....im getting ready to do a cowbell

[gostviper]

very nice Colquhoun!
I think I'll make myself some.

great idea...
stealing it !

[Colquhoun]

A word of note:
The tip of the endcap with the jack needs to be filed/sanded down a bit. The PVC is quite thick at the end, and the jack is not long enough to protrude through the hole without removing some.
I just used a file to make a flat spot, and the jack went through fine.